ArcheOS stands for Archaeological Operating System. It is a GNU/Linux live DVD distribution (versions 1.x based on PCLinuxOS, versions 2 and 3 on Kubuntu, version 4 on Debian GNU/Linux), with specialist software for archaeological purposes.

UHU-Linux is an independently-developed Hungarian distribution, designed primarily for Hungarian speakers. A new release, version 2.1 and code name "Bumm", was announced earlier today. The fifth stable UHU-Linux release includes a number of new features; worth mentioning among them is the inclusion of Totem and Exaile as the default video and music players, updated system installer, read and write support for NTFS partitions, new external media automount features, and the latest versions of Pidgin, Skype and Firefox with Java and Flash plugins. UHU-Linux 2.1 is built on top of Linux kernel 2.6.23.9, uses glibc 2.6.1 and is compiled with GCC 4.2.2. The default desktop is GNOME 2.20, with KDE 3.5.8 and Xfce 4.4.2 also available. Hungarian and English are the only two supported languages. For more information please see the release announcement and technical details pages (both links in Hungarian). The CD and DVD images are available for download via BitTorrent: uhu-linux-2.1-cd.iso (697MB), uhu-linux-2.1-dvd.iso (3,947MB).

UHU-Linux is the leading distribution of Linux in Hungary. It is primarily intended for Hungarian users, thus special care is taken to support the Hungarian language as much as possible. Ease of installation and sane default settings both help new users of Linux and make veterans feel comfortable. Usability as the main goal involves having all the cutting-edge yet stable releases of Open Source packages, with dpkg as the package manager. Development is completely open and everyone is invited to join.

UHU-Linux 3, an independently developed Hungarian Linux distribution designed for the domestic market and featuring the GNOME 3.12 desktop with GNOME Shell, has been released. It comes nearly four years after the project's last stable release, version 2.2. The distribution's home page (in Hungarian) announced the new release yesterday, providing some basic information about UHU-Linux 3. What's new? The SysVInit init system has been replaced by systemd; includes the latest NetworkManager 0.9.10 for network management; includes the latest versions of Firefox (with Flash and Java plugins) and Thunderbird (Chromium is available in repositories); the release comes as a live DVD image with an option to transfer it to a USB storage device. The main components: Linux kernel 3.15.5, GCC 4.8.3, glibc 2.19, GNOME 3.12 (KDE 4.13 and Xfce 4.10 are available in repositories), LibreOffice 4.3, GStreamer 1.2.4. Download the live DVD image from here: uhu-linux-3.iso (1,732MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist).

UHU-Linux is an independently developed distribution intended primarily for the Hungarian speaking market. Version 2.2, the project's first stable release in 2.5 years, was announced yesterday. Some of the more interesting changes and features in this release include: the DVD image is now a live environment with option to install it to a hard disk, including any changes made during the use of the live DVD; NetworkManager 0.8 with easy set up of mobile networking and Bluetooth connections; the latest versions of Thunderbird and Firefox with Java and Flash support, as well as the increasingly popular Google Chromium browser; support for installation from USB storage devices; major components - Linux kernel 2.6.33.3, GCC 4.4.2, glibc 2.11.2, GNOME 2.28, KDE 4.4.5, Xfce 4.6.2, OpenOffice.org 3.2.1. For full details please read the release announcement on the distribution's home page (in Hungarian). Download the hybrid i386/x86_64 DVD image from here: uhu-linux-2.2-dvd.iso (1,530MB, MD5).

The second test release of UHU-Linux 2.2, a general-purpose Linux distribution designed for Hungarian speakers, is out and ready for testing. Changes since test 1 include: informative text in Live and Normal installation modes; in Live mode /boot partition's file system can be ext2 or ext3; in Live mode installation icon on desktop is removed after installation completes; if there are other partitions on hard disk the disk will not be displayed unless user chooses otherwise; new user name will also appear in Live mode; installation failure fixes in Normal mode; DVD image now uses GRUB instead of isolinux so, in theory, it should be possible to boot it from USB-connected devices; DVD image can be written to USB devices with dd; corrections to boot problems on some CD/DVD drives, various minor package updates. Please visit the project's home page (in Hungarian) to read the full release announcement. Download the installable live DVD image from here: uhu-linux-2.2-test2-dvd.iso (1,474MB, MD5).

The first test release of UHU-Linux 2.2, a general-purpose distribution designed for the Hungarian market, has been released. Over 8,000 changes have been committed do the distribution since the release of version 2.1 in February 2008. Among them, perhaps the biggest one is the introduction of a live system with a graphical hard disk installer that can be run in the background while the user continues to work in the live system. Any changes made to the live system will be transferred to the hard disk at the end of the installation. The new release is built on top of a Linux kernel 2.6.33.2 and includes many of the latest open-source packages, such as GNOME 2.28, KDE SC 4.4 (not on the live DVD), OpenOffice.org 3.2 and Firefox 3.6. Please visit the distribution's home page (in Hungarian) to read the full release announcement and to learn about the project's bug-reporting options. Download the live DVD image from here: uhu-linux-2.2-test1-dvd.iso (1,466MB, MD5).

The UHU-Linux project has announced the immediate availability of UHU-Linux 2.0, an independently developed Hungarian distribution for home and office use. According to the release announcement (in Hungarian), the project's fourth stable release listens to the code name "Igen", and comes either as a single-CD desktop distribution with GNOME, or a DVD containing the complete tree of UHU-Linux packages and their source codes. The main new feature of this release is transition to the UTF-8 character encoding, supporting central European languages. Other notable new features include improved network handling, automatic mounting of external storage devices, and new keytable selection procedure. UHU-Linux 2.0 also provides many up-to-date software packages, such as Linux kernel 2.6.17, X.Org 7.1, GNOME 2.14 and KDE 3.5.3. Download the CD image from here: uhu-linux-2.0-cd.iso (699MB, MD5), also available via BitTorrent. Unlike the distribution's previous versions, UHU-Linux 2.0 also supports the English language.

UHU-Linux project has released a second development build of the upcoming major new release of the Hungarian distribution. Some of the more important changes since Test 1 include the following: GNOME NetworkManager has replaced the in-house networking module; storage device auto-mounting is now handled by Hal and Fuse; documentation has been extended by several new chapters dealing with new features in UHU-Linux 2.0, UTF-8 encoding and keyboard shortcut setup; BMPx has replaced XMMS as the default audio player; various bug fixes. Find more details and a list of known issues in the release announcement (in Hungarian). Download from here: uhu-linux-2.0-test2-cd.iso (698MB, MD5).

The developers of Hungary's UHU-Linux have announced the availability of the first test release of UHU-Linux 2.0. According to the release announcement (in Hungarian), the new version features a number of important conceptual changes to the distribution; these include availability of a complete UHU-Linux DVD, multilingual features (besides Hungarian, the new installer also supports English), switch to UTF-8 as the default character encoding, unified keyboard shortcuts for all desktops, and new automount features. Among the known bugs, there are issues with writing CDs and DVDs in this release. Those interested in helping with bug reports can download the CD and DVD images from here: uhu-linux-2.0-test1-cd.iso (699MB, MD5) or uhu-linux-2.0-test1-dvd.iso (3,260MB, MD5).

UHU-Linux 1.2, Office edition, has been released. UHU-Linux is a complete and supported operating system with a collection of applications. It includes a graphical environment with intuitive Hungarian menus, which make the system easy to understand and learn. The application set is carefully selected to meet the requirements of most home and office users. Compared to other Linux distributions, the value of UHU-Linux is in its support of the Hungarian language, as well as in accommodating application preferences of most Hungarian users, based on their feedback. More information is available on the distribution's product page (in Hungarian). Download: uhu-linux-1.2-cd1.iso (700MB), uhu-linux-1.2-cd2.iso (696MB). Also available via BitTorrent. A boxed edition of the product with support can be purchased from the distribution's online store for 5,475 HUF (US$30).